Letters: North County, Jan. 1, 2013

Barack and Michelle need to be put under monetary control, not just the White House expenses, but every costly presidential directive needs scrutiny and to be denied unless approved by Congress. Spreading fear and promising more gifts to one’s sycophantic lemmings does not a leader make. ...

Junious Montgomery

Carlsbad

Whose prayer?

In the Dec. 20 paper, Pastor Miles McPherson’s column, “A conversation with God on Sandy Hook shooting,” he suggests that putting prayer back in public schools would help to prevent such tragedies. Mike Huckabee voiced a similar opinion recently.

Public schools are paid for by taxpayers, who represent all religions and nonbelievers as well. While children can pray on their own, a teacher-led prayer is not a good idea. The question becomes, “Whose prayer?”

Those who push for prayer seem to assume that the prayer would reflect their own beliefs. How would they feel if the prayers were from a different faith? Those who feel that prayer and religious teaching should be a part of the school curriculum should turn to church schools where these beliefs are accommodated very successfully.

Alice Kelley

Escondido

Armed police should guard schools

I believe each school should be forced to employ one armed policeman at their only door for entry into the school. Our children would learn that policemen are the good guys and their presence at schools is to enforce their protection.

Perhaps the crazies of the world would think twice if they knew a trained, armed person was standing guard at the doorway of the entrance. On a broader sense, it could also result in the fact that bullies would be less present in schools too.